Writing, Vision and Dimension

Abstract

Introduction:  I was attending a poetry reading once and the poet talked about the act or process of writing by telling a little story about Sinclair Lewis.  It may have been someone other than Lewis but it doesn't matter.  Lewis was giving a reading to a group of students and faculty at an Eastern school.  After the reading he asked if anyone in the audience aspired to become a writer.  Several people raised their hands.  Lewis responded, "Well, goddammit, go home and write."  Simple advice but terribly impractical and certainly not all there is to say about writing and the process.  Even the most prolific and able of writers ponders the process of writing and sits at times in awe  of the magic it seems to possess.  After teaching writing for so many years I need to put forth the belief that the writing process emerges from vision, journey, and dimension.